Comments on pastor jenny: umc young clergy project

I work with Meg Lassiat at GBHEM and we are really...

2008-05-22T16:20:00.000-04:00

I work with Meg Lassiat at GBHEM and we are really working hard to do some good things with and for Young Clergy. I'm currently in D.C. at the Young Adult Seminarians Network's National Gathering. We have workshops led by, among others, Carol Merritt (Tribal Church), Lovett Weems (Crisis of Younger Clergy), and Jim and Debbie Bushfield (Things They Never Taught You in Seminary.) We have been collaberating with GBCS and GCRR on a day long immersion trip about the racism of mascots (think Washington NFL team). GBHEM has recently redesigned their website (www.gbhem.org), so we are making progress. Meg has convened a "Best Practices" group for recruiting young clergy (report available at www.explorecalling.org), and a "National Leadership
Development Advisory Team" working to resource annual conferences as they encourage young leadership. I'm encouraged by what our agency is doing to identify the problem, identify solutions already working, and communicating those to our constituencies. We look forward to working with Jenny on her project.

I love this project and I really want to participa...

2008-05-20T08:52:00.000-04:00

I love this project and I really want to participate, but I'm kind of new to the idea. One thing I didn't see was a submission deadline. Is there one? If not, I can take a little more time and be a bit more creative. Thanks for providing so much energy in this!

Shalom,
Becca

good luck. if you in nashville i'd love to meet up...

2008-05-15T00:42:00.000-04:00

good luck. if you in nashville i'd love to meet up to help discuss how i might be able to help spread the word. not to be critical, but the general agencies are not the best at communicating.. especially to the younger folks.. and they are my friends and they would agree with me.